Pay-out machine.



No. 769,274. PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

J. PPEIFBIL 'PAY OUT MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED Ari. 29, 1903.

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' PAY OUT MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1903- 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

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- ATTORNEY6 1 UNITED STATES Patented September 6, 1904. E

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PFEIFER, F SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MAST, Eoos & COMPANY, or SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, A- CORPORATION OF OHIO.

PAY-OUT MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,274, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed April 29, 1903.

I of the United States, residing at Springfield,

from above the same.

in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have I invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pay-Out Machines, of which the following ,is a specification. 7

My invention-relates to money-changers,

and more particularly to a machine the operation of a single key of which will discharge coins of the-same or difl'erent denominations to an amount corresponding operated key.

The object of myinvention is simple and efficient construction. having few parts that can be assembled in a strong and in value to the substantial manner and operate to positively discharge the exact amount of the change desired by the operation of a single key.

It is essentially a pay-out machine and will be found extremely useful in banks and for making up pay-rolls, aswell as for other purposes.

My invention consists of the constructions and combinations hereinafter described, and.

set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a machine embodying my invention, the I view being partly in perspective, looking at the machine from in front and above the same.

Fig. 2 is a side view looking at the right of.

the machine with the right side plate removed to disclose the intermediate mechanism between the keys and discharging devices. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective showing the for-tiesgroup of key-bars, the same being in an inclined position, looking at the under side. Fig. 4 is another view of said bars looking Fig.6 shows one of the keys. slides. Figs. 7 and 8 are details of the dollar group of key-bars and their connections. Fig. 9 is a detail of the dollar-discharging device. Figs 10 and 11 are details of the coin-holdingdevices.

of reference in the several views.

to provide a.

. tries can be handled in like manner. also shown a dollar bank of keys numbered Fig. 6 is a detail of the discharging- Serial No. 154,798. (No model.)

In the drawings I have shown a machine having a bank of keys numbered from 1 to 99,? inclusive, and divided into groups, the first group having nine keys numbered from 1 to 9,7 inclusive, the succeeding groups eachincluding ten keys numbered pieces, two for ten-cent pieces, one for twentyfive-cent pieces, and one for fifty-cent pieces.

These are the coins that are at present current in the United States and are taken simply to illustrate my invention, for, as will appear, coins of other denominations or coun- I have from one to five dollars and a dollar-coin holder for same; but a description of their connecting mechanism is postponed until after I have'described the intermediate mechanism for the less than a dollar bank. I

v In the drawings, a represents the side plates of the main frame, which supports the mechanism of the machine. Transverse plates a, the respective ends of which are secured to the side plates, have a series of openings thereof these groups contains ten bars; but one of.

the bars in the units group is for the purpose of returning the mechanism to normal position,"--ashereinaf-ter described. With this exception, as all of the groups are substantially alike, I" will describe only one of them, and

forthis purpose the group operated by the keys from 40 to" 49, inclusive, is'taken,

oted intermediate of its ends to cross-rods 0,

thereof.

. devices.

secured to the side plates. keys are shown to increase in value from front to rear of the machine, and the bifurcated lugs I) are so disposed on the bars that each key engages its particular bar-as, for in- Stance, the L0 key engages the bar upon one side of the group, ll the next bar, andso on, the 49 key en gaging thelast bar upon the other side of .the group. On shafts d,

journaled in the side plates of the machine, I fix yokes d, extending underneath the several groups of key-bars, there being one shaft and yoke for each coin-holderf. A shelf or table 6 extends across the machine and projects through an opening in the front wall Said table has a series of grooves in the upper side thereof, forming guides for discharging slides e cross-pieces e holding said slides in said grooves. Bifurcated standards e are secured to the upper sides of said sl des, and arms e are pivoted at-one end to.

said standard and at the'other to one end of arms 6 the other endsof which are fixed on the shafts d. There is 'a discharge slide for each coin-holder, and each slide is connected inthe manner stated With one of the shafts (Z, 'onwhich the yoked is fixed, there being one of said shafts for each coin-holder.

Having now described the dischargingslid'e's and their connections with the yokes with which the 40 key is engaged havingthree of such downward projections adapted toeng'age the yokeshavi-ng connections to the discharge-slides for the twenty-five, ten,

and five cent coin holders. In addition to the projections for twenty-five, ten, and five centsthe second bar has a like projection forone penny, the third for two pennies,-

the fourth for three pennies, and the fifth for four pennies, so that accordingly as the keys 41,. 42, 543, and 44 are' operated the slides wi'll' discharge-coins to the amount of the key operated. 'The sixth bar has the projections b to engage yokes having connections with the 25, 10, and 10'disch'arging theyhave in their order projections for one, two, three, and; four of the penny-slides, so that when the 49' key is operated the slides willbe moved to discharge t-wenty five, ten, and ten cents andone pennyfrom eachof the fou-r -penny-holders. Each of the key-bars of. ,a group -liasprojections adapted to engage The groups of.

The seventh to the-tenth bar, inclusi've, h'ave the same; and in addition theretoyokes having like connections to dischargingslides to make an amount of corresponding 'value to the key operated.

On that portion of the table a that projects through the-front wall'of the machine 1 mount the coin-holdersf. The coin-holders are semicircular in form and have rearward hollow extensions f and are provided with circular weights f having a projection f" on one side thereof to fit in the hollow extension f. Said extensions are adapted to slide in guides formed in the front wall of the machine, as shown in Fig. 11-, and the rear side of the holder at its lower end, as well as at the lower end of the extension f is cut away to permit the entrance of the slides to discharge the coin which'rests on the inturned edges f of the holder. Said'edges f rest in openings f, with their upper surfaces flush with the top of the table. When the coin in any one of the holders is exhausted, the weight f drops to the surface of the table and forms a stop, preventing the operation of all slid-es that would normally operate in connection with theone for the exhausted coin holder. In practice it has been found that when a plain holder without the extension f is used the keys may be operated so violently that the plain holder will give slightly, and thus permit the other operated slides to advance and discharge or partially discharge coins from their coin-holders. To correct this, I. provide the extensions f and projections f" on the the stops, which I have found in practice to overcome this difficulty. The open 'sideof the coin-holder I make of sufficient width to permit the coin being placed in the holder from the sidea great convenience, much preferable to loading from the end, as the operator can take a number of coins between his thumb and forefinger and place them directly in the holder, thereby avoiding the tipping and turning which causes so much annoyance in loading from the end. A guard f" is provided with slots f for the discharge of the coin, and spindles f extend upwardly in front of the open side of the coin-holders to retain the coin within the holders.

For convenience a hopper f extending across the machine under the discharge-openings, is provided, having a discharge f", so so that the coins maybe readily caught in one hand.

The first group of key-bars at the right of the machine contains nine bars for the keys, from 1 to 9, inclusive, and an additional bar 6 is included in this group, having downwardly-projecting lugs 6, adapted to engage each of the yokes d. Fixed to the rear end of this bar there is an arm 6, to which is attached one end "of a tension-spring I), the other end of said springbeing secured to a forward part of the machine. This bar I) being adapted to engage-each of the yokes d,

the spring returns the operated key, key-bar, and discharging devices -to normal inoperative position; A cross-rod 6 forms a stop for the front ends of the key-bars and bar I)".

The operation of the. bank which I have described is as follows: The upper end of a key-leverof the value desired is pulled forward, its lower end engaging a key-bar of like value in the particular group to which the key-lever belongs, said key-bar being thereby moved rearward against the tension of the spring 6 and having projections adapted to engage yokes having connections with discharging-slides that lead to coin-holders, the combined value of which equals the value of the operated key. Coins to that amount being discharged and the key being released, 1

the spring b returns all of the operated parts to normal inoperative position. It is obvious that this bank could be extended to include as many dollar-coin holders, keys, and intermediate mechanism of like character as desired; but: this would too greatly increase the size ofthe machine, and I therefore have preferred a separate bank for the dollar-coins, in which I employ a single-holder and so arrange the discharging devices that one or more coins will be discharged, according to the key that is operated.

I will now describe the dollar-bank, which 1 is particularly shown in Figs. 7 8, and 9 and embraces a single-group of five key-bars g, each ofwhich is provided with an upwardlyprojecting bifurcated lug-g, with which the lower arm of the dollar-key levers engage in :like manner as those described in the other bank. The five keys for said bars are shown in Fig. 1 and are numbered one, two, three,

four, and five dollars from front to rear of the machine in the order named. All five of the key-bars have a downwardly-extending projection g adapted to engage the upper arm of a lever g pivoted intermediateof its ends to across-shaft (Z, and to the other arm of said lever a slotted link 9 is pivoted. A

' coin-holder for dollars is formed and attached to the machine in like manner as those described for the other ban-k. Within guides gbnn'ounted upon the table 5, 1 provide five slides, one upon another, the lowest one of which has a standard 9 fixed thereto, which extends through slots in the other four slides and is pivoted in the slotof the link 9, so

that when the one-dollar key of this bank is operated the lowest slide is moved to dis' charge one dollar, for the key-bar with which the one-dollar key engages is connectedonly with the lowest discharging-slide. The two to five dollar key bars are connected with the second, third, fourth, and fifth slides, counting from the bottom, in the following-manner: In addition to the projectionig which operatesthe one-dollar discharge, each of the four last-named key-bars has one projection g, whichis so disposed as to engage with the" upper arm of one of the levers g pivoted intermediate of its ends to the cross-shafts d, and to the lower arms of said levers there are pivoted horizontally-extending bars it, having -Within a cylinder h secured to the under side of the lowest slide, there is a spring- I pressed plunger it, which normallyrests on the plate it, with its upper end extending through a perforation in the lowest slide flush with the upper surface thereof. The enlarged ends of the bars '7 are of varying thickness, I

so that when the bars are moved by the operation of the keys the enlarged ends ride over the pins 7L2, and the connections which I have described'will serve to lift the plunger h to different heights. For example, the operation of the two-dollar key will lift the plunger the thickness of a one-dollar coin, and as the lowest slide will discharge one do]- lar the rising of the plunger the thickness of another dollar will engage another coin, and

by reason of the plunger being carried along with the lowest slide two coins will be dis- 'chargedfif The operation of -the three, four,

and five dollar keys will in like manner raise the plunger an increased distance, according to the key that is operated, and discharge the number of coins indicated by the key, As the plunger and its cylinder travel with the lowest slide, the table under the guides is slotted to permit of this movement. There is a sixth bar inthis grouphaving projections g fl-adaptedito engage each of the levers g andg to return them to normal position bymeans of a spring g, one endof which is se' cured to an arm g on said bar, the other end of the spring being attached to a forward part Of the machine-frame. I" I As the slides in the guides g rest one upon another, to prevent the upper slides being carried by the lowest slide when only one dol lar is, to be discharged I provide the follow ing-arrangement: The slot f in the guardrail f for the dollarscoin holder is of sufficient dimensions to permit the discharge of five dollars.

A laterally-projecting arm in, secured to the forward end of the rock-shaft h, has pivoted ther'etoan upwardly-extending rod it, which is bent laterally 'andthen turned downwardly in front of the dischargeopening.

forations throughthe guard f 6 and when in its The rod is'guided in vertical pernormal position permits the discharge of the number of coins corresponding to the value of the key that is operated. The slot in the link 9 is for the purpose of permitting the plunger h" to rise and engage additional slides before the lowest slide begins to move.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination with a bank of keys, a bank of key-bars located below the keys, connections between each key and one key-bar, each key being connected to a different key bar, a series of shafts, connections between all of the key-bars and one of the series of shafts, and connections between each of the key-bars and one or more of the shafts besides said firstmentioned shaft, for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a bank of keys, a bank of key-bars, connections between each key and a key-bar, each key being connected to a different key-bar, the connections between the keys and key-bar being located one in advance of the other in successive rows, a series of shafts below the key-bars, connections between all of the key-bars and one of the shafts, and in addition thereto connections between each key-bar and other shafts of the series,

for the purpose specified.

3. The combination of a bank of keys, a bank of key-bars located below the keys and connections between the keys and key-bars, each connection between a key and key-bar being located one in advance of the other, a series of shafts below the key-bars and connections between the shafts and key-bars adapted to connect all of the key-bars with one of the shafts and further adapted to connect each key-bar with additional shafts in said series, for the purpose specified.

4. The combination with a bank of keys, a bank of key-bars located below the keys, connections between each key and one key-bar, each key being connected to a different keybar, a series of coin-discharging slides and connections between all of the key-bars and one of said discharging-slides and in addition thereto connections between each key-bar and one or more additional discharging-slides of said series, for the purpose specified.

5. The combination with several groups of longitudinally-movable key-bars, of coin-discharging devices and intermediate mechanism operated by said bars, and a slide independent of said key-bars and discharging devices but engaging the intermediate mechanism of all of said parts for returning said parts to normal position, substantially as specified.

6-. The combination with a series of groups of longitudinally-movable key-bars and keylevers of different values pivoted intermediate vegan of their ends and'adapted to engage and move said key-bars, said key-bars also having one or more projections thereon according to the value of its operating key-lever, of a series of shafts arranged transversely to said key-bars having yokes fixed thereon adapted to be engaged and moved by said projections, of coinholdcrs and discharging devices therefor, one for each of said shafts, and a longitudinallymovable bar spring-pressed in one direction adapted to engage said yokes and return all of the operated parts to normal position upon releasing the operated key.

7. The combination with acoin-holder and a series of discharging-slides therefor, of a series of keys of different values, connections to operate one of said slides by the operation of any one of said keys, a movable part on said last-named slide having connections to move said part to engage one or more of the other slides according to the value of the operated key, whereby the operation of any one of said keys will discharge coins according to the value of the operated key, substantially as specified.

8. The combination with a series of longitudinally-movable key-bars, a coin-holder and a series of discharging-slides therefor, of a lever pivoted intermediate of its ends one arm of which is adapted to be engaged by each of said key-bars, connections from the other arm of said lever to one of said slides, and means to connect said last-named slide with one or more of the other slides according to the value of the operated key, whereby the operation of any one of said keys will discharge coins according to the value of the operated key, substantially as specified.

9. The combination with a series of keys of different values, a coin-holder and a series of discharging-slides therefor, of connections from each of said keys to one of said slides, a movable part on said last-named slide, intermediate mechanism from all but one of said keys to said part adapted to move said part to engage one or more of the other slides according to the value of the operated key, whereby the operation of any one of said keys will discharge coins equal in amount to the value of the operated key, substantially as specified.

10. The combination with a series of keys of different value, a coin-holder and discharging devices therefor adapted to discharge one or more coins by the operation of a single key, of a movable stop the movement of which is governed by the value of the operated key, whereby the number of coins discharged is positively limited to the value of the operated key, substantially as specified.

11. In a machine such as described, acoinholder having an opening in its front wall of sufficient width to place the coins within the holder through said opening, the lower ends IIO of said walls having inturned flanges to support the coins and a spindle in front of said opening to retain the coins within the holder. suhstantiall'yas specified. I, t I

12. The combination with several groups of longitudinally-movable key-bars, coin-reeeptaeles provided with discharge-bars, and intermediatemeehanism between said key-bars and discharge-bars, and a slide independent of said keybars and discharge-bars and 10 Witnesses: I t PERCY NoR'roN,

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